What to Do with Old Stuff


  1. Batteries: recycle at an approved place, otherwise they can harm the environment (day 12)
  2. Bedsheets (double): donate to an animal rescue society or shelter (day 2)
  3. Bedsheets (twin): donate to homeless and battered women's shelters (day 2, day 15, day 47)
  4. Books: donate to AAUW booksale especially if your mom has been volunteering there for 40 years or more (day 13)
  5. Bottle opener (longhorn): put on the free table at work (day 3)
  6. Bridesmaid's dresses: give to church fashion show (day 9)
  7. CDs and DVDs: take them to Recycle Ann Arbor (day 21)
  8. Carbon copies of checks: even though they have no identifying account information, feel too nervous to recycle in the regular bin. Take to work and shred (day 32)
  9. Cargo hold cover for 2002 Subaru: advertise on Freecycle and eventually throw in trash (day 46)
  10. Cell phone: take it back to the Sprint store for resale or recycling (day 50)
  11. Clocks and watches: donate to the Thrift Shop (day 17)
  12. College marketing materials: recycle (day 22)
  13. Composter: give it to someone who works to save monarch butterflies and their habitat (day 44)
  14. Electronics: recycle at an electronics recycling event in your community (day 12)
  15. Fencetop planters: give to a co-worker who was looking for some for her deck (day 45)
  16. Files: recycle them (day 5)
  17. Furniture: give it away free on Craig's List; when that doesn't work, repost it on freecycle (day 33)
  18. GPS: sell on Craig's List for $25 (day 43)
  19. Harpo's girlfriend: throw it out while wearing rubber gloves (day 42)
  20. Magazines: leave at the free magazine exchange at the library (day 6)
  21. Nail polish: give them to co-worker with elementary-aged daughters (day 18)
  22. Piano books: give them to a piano teacher (day 7)
  23. Prescription medication: turn them in at a designated disposal pharmacy (day 8)
  24. School photos (extra): give them away at graduation parties (day 21)
  25. Sleds (flexible flyer): give them to young nieces (day 4)
  26. Sun hats: with deep regrets, give them to the Goodwill (day 31)
  27. Terracotta pots: take them to the botanical gardens (day 49)
  28. Textiles, even stained and holey socks: give them to a thrift shop; even the most trashed items will get recycled or resold (day 14)
  29. Tuition payment: celebrate by buying a lot of other stuff (day 32)

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